It’s going to be difficult for any ‘feel-good’ story at any future NFL Draft to top Shaquem Griffin’s this year.

It’s not just that the undaunted Griffin himself is genuinely the least impressed person that he’s headed to the NFL as a linebacker, despite having had his left hand amputated when he was age 4.

Rather, it’s that the team that selected him Saturday, the Seattle Seahawks, drafted his twin brother Shaquill last year.

Right — the 22-year-old identical twins from St. Petersburg, Fla., are reunited as football teammates on a pro-football defence.

The Seahawks selected Shaquem in the fifth round, 141st overall. Last year they drafted the slightly lighter Shaquill, a cornerback, in the third round, 90th overall.

Both attended the University of Central Florida. Shaquill saw immediate playing time as a true freshman at UCF, while Shaquem redshirted — hence their staggered departures for the NFL.

How did Shaqhem find out the good news on Saturday?

“I was using the restroom,” he told Seahawks beat reporters on a conference call Saturday afternoon.

He did not bring his cellphone with him. It rang when Shaquem was still tending to his business. Shaquill looked at the buzzing cellphone and recognized the area code. He knew it was the Seahawks calling.

“I looked, and that’s when tears just started pouring down … I think I was more scared of him tackling me in the bathroom for not knowing what’s happening, than anything. That’s how it happened.”

A video posted at Seahawks.com recorded the moment GM John Schneider called and informed Shaquem he was now a Seahawk, and would reunite with his brother. Shaquem clearly was stunned, per the audio recorded of his reaction during the call.

Who made the biggest deal of it among all Griffin family members gathered in Dallas?

“My brother,” Shaquem said. “I was really, really, really excited. But he put an extra ‘really’ on his excitement.”

To start, Shaquem said, he’ll move in with Shaquill in the Seattle area.

“For me to be back with him, I will be tripping to play with him again,” Shaquem said. “He knows that I will give it everything I’ve got, and to show what I can do now. He knows what’s in me, and I’m just ready to get there and show everybody what I have.

“The (Seattle) coaches are so creative. (They) told me they would use me in so many different ways. I’m just excited to see how they will be using me. I’m open to about everything. Rushing and covering and playing special teams. Whatever it takes, I am ready to do.”

JUST SHEPHERD: In the end, as Postmedia projected, the only Canadian selected in the NFL Draft was Nathan Shepherd of Ajax, Ont. — a defensive tackle from Fort Hays State University, selected Friday night by the New York Jets with the eighth pick of the third round, 72nd overall.

A handful of Canadian players, as usual, hoped to learn by late Saturday night or Sunday whether any NFL teams would be willing to sign them as free agents or, failing that, receive an invitation to try out at a rookie camp on one of the next two weekends.

Justin Dunk of 3DownNation.com reported that offensive lineman Dakoda Shepley of Windsor, Ont., via the University of British Columbia had agreed to terms with the New York Jets, as had offensive lineman Ryan Hunter of North Bay, Ont., via Bowling Green State University in Ohio with the Kansas City Chiefs. Wide receiver Regis Cebasu of Montreal via the University of Montreal Carabins received a rookie-camp tryout with the Chicago Bears.

In this Jan. 24. 2018, file photo, North Squad defensive tackle Nathan Shepherd, of Fort Hays State, runs drills during the North team’s practice for Saturday’s Senior Bowl NCAA college football game in Mobile, Ala. The 6-foot-4, 315-pound Shepherd was the first Division II player selected in this year’s draft.Brynn Anderson /
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TWO COWBOYS TRADES: Two trades involving three current NFLers went down Saturday afternoon, both involving the Dallas Cowboys. First, the Los Angeles Rams dealt slot receiver Tavon Austin to the Cowboys. Soon thereafter, the Cowboys dealt second-year slot receiver Ryan Switzer to the Oakland Raiders, for defensive tackle Jihad Ward.

St. Louis Rams’ Tavon Austin (11) is tackled by San Francisco 49ers’ Derek Carrier while returning a missed field goal during the second quarter of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014.Ben Margot /
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HURST’S TUMBLE: Michigan defensive tackle Mo Hurst not only had a first-round grade, but some draftniks had him as a Top 15 talent, and the No. 1 interior defensive lineman.

But after doctors at the NFL Scouting Combine diagnosed him with a heart condition, his draft stock started to drop. That seemed to stop after Hurst saw heart specialists at the renowned hospitals at both his own university and Harvard, and Hurst said he was fully cleared — just as he said he had been four years ago, when his heart condition first was diagnosed.

Bear in mind, this is a guy who left Michigan with two degrees and nary an off-field incident or concern.

Yet, obviously, NFL teams remained wary. Hurst was not selected Thursday night in Round 1, nor Friday night in Rounds 2 or 3, nor on Saturday until Oakland nabbed him in Round 5, 140th overall — a monster bargain should Hurst be able to play as forcibly as he did as a Wolverine.

“The fact is, he does have a heart condition,” Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie said Saturday at his post-draft news conference, “but it is a situation where he’ll get checked every year. Right now, he’s good.”

Asked what motivation he’ll take from being passes over for two days like that, a clearly disappointed Hurst said on a conference call, “It’s money. I’m just upset and disappointed teams decided not to pick me. But a team got a great player for very little.”

Hurst revealed this spring he earned money on the side while at Michigan by driving an Uber cab around Ann Arbor.

Of undrafted passers signed as free agents immediately after the draft, Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett reportedly landed in Indianapolis.

TOP DAWGS AGAIN: The Southeastern Conference (SEC) led all college sports leagues again with the most selections (53), followed by the ACC (45), Big Ten (33), Pac-12 (30) and Big-12 (20).

And Alabama once again led all universities with 12 picks, including the most of any school in Round 1, with four.

IRRELEVANT: The last player selected Saturday, the so-called “Mr. Irrelevant,” was Southern Methodist University wideout Trey Quinn. He went 256th overall, at the end of the seventh round, to Washington.

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